"We have become an arbitration nation," said the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit earlier this year, "an increasing number of private disputes are resolved not by court, but by arbitrators."

Chief Judge Frank P. Geraci, of the Western District of New York, recently denied a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction sought by irth Solutions, LLC to protect the "unique combination" trade secret...

The ambiguity of termination provision of a software license is often disputed. Imprecise wording, including for hypothetical damages due upon breach often triggers expensive litigation centered on only a few words in a license.